I still think this book was the best way to manage martials. 4e's "daily" powers etc for fighters made them all feel samey (at least on the surface). 5e's battle master has no scaling.I'm sure at this point we can all agree the Tome of Battle got too much flak.
>>970926814e was literally just taking TOM:Bo9S to its logical conclusion.Most of its systems are IN tome of battle, just not so prolifically.>>97096588>Like sorcerers gradually transforming into a dragon as they run out of spells, shifting from blaster to bruiser over the course of the day.that was 5e playtest iirc.>>97097426that's on players for never dipping wizard 1 on their fighters. No D&D character should ever be a total non-caster, only not primarily a caster.
>>97097510i mean, i keep seeing people post P&P stat sheets to unrelated questions, so maybe he's onto something?When did the game even come out, i'd literally never heard of it until like two months ago.Even their book covers just look like knockoff Mutants and Masterminds.Is it actually worth playing and has players, or is this just all a weird astroturf marketing campaign?
>>97097699what questions?
>>97093251Nah I got that, it was their damage tanking mechanic where they put all the incoming damage in a pool. Except iirc the pool ended up being way more deadly than just taking the damage because you could get double-tapped by damage from the current turn and damage from your pool. And then iirc they also got a boost to their damage output based on how much damage they had taken in the pool, so you're perversely encouraged to make that double-tap as deadly as possible.
>>97097884It’s just delaying the damage by a turn. You can heal it like normal damage. You’d take it anyways. There are many abilities the crusader has to reduce or heal as well. I’ve only ever seen it as a positive when I played crusader.
Welcome to /wbg/, the official thread for the discussion of in-progress settings for traditional games.Here is where you go to present and develop the details of your worlds such as lore, factions, magic and ecosystems. You can also post maps for your settings, as well as any relevant art (either created by you or used as inspiration for your work). Please remember that dialogue is what keeps the thread alive, so don't be afraid of giving someone feedback or post whatever relevant input you might have!Last thread: >>96885123Resources for Newfags: https://sites.google.com/view/wbgeneral/Worldbuilding links: https://pastebin.com/JNnj79S5 (embed)https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/Eo+fK41FKVR7xDpbNO0a0N4k0YYxrmyrhX3VxnM14Ew/Fantasy map generator: https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator/wbi/: https://discord.gg/6ZjEc7dy4TWorldbuilding Hub: https://discord.com/invite/wGjxK3YThe Writer's Forge: https://discord.com/invite/CUxHxWqTira: https://discord.com/invite/f52W6KgDawn of Victory: https://discord.gg/hUAynC3wComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97089784this graph is causing me the tism
>>96999149How are you going to incorporate the Coward Mod into your setting? It bans you for three days and deletes ALL your posts in any live thread, regardless of if they break the rules or not.FUCK YOU, USELESS CORRUPT MOD CUNTS. UK's getting banned soon anyway so I can't post then, you mean fucking nothing, you sweaty, pathetic, retarded, dysgenic losers.
>>97089404I don't think hydroponic have reached anywhere close to its potential. We don't do it today because we don't have the tech.If you have the tech allowing bioengineering of planet/human, you'd produve artificial meat.Tech intensive yes, labor intensive no.>The governments that don't see much point in conquering or spreading their ideology will be eaten by the ones that doYou ain't conquering lands you know will be taken away from you, maybe even stranding the very army you sent.You ain't governing strongly if you need to make any local system have prevalence over the first oneAnd ideology follow the same rules.At best, IMO:- decentralized ideologies relying on incredibly basic idioms that cannot mutate against itself.- warmonger/exiled/fleeing their homeworld trying to make themselves a new home>Since there is no tech or infrastructure advancement and population is at or near carrying capacity, conquest begins to become economically rational again, like it was in ancient times.It is NOT AT ALL like ancient times.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97089404(cont. >>97094454)A bit more.On the question of biology, I wanted to insist that natural mutation is incredibly slow and wouldn't give you any creative species even in a million of years.You are more likely to have a species of psychic hippy if they are the descendant of isolated scientists who, desperate for post-collapse survival, made themselves able to work with the local psychic-hippy animals.The more times you give also imply more chance for anyone to still hit a technological breakthrough that ruing everything.So for growth, I think you are better NOT WAITING until "every system is packed to capacity" but instead have a massive colonial wave of 90% poorly prepared settled, and having the first collapse shortly after.So you actually have gradual percentages of systems that are- wealhty and powerful- average and needing alliance- became primitive
>Long ago, some idiots decided to turn their entire species into data stored in a nigh infinite database.>Said database is stored on a computer that eats entire stars for energy and encodes the data on miniature black holes.>An intelligence is required to keep this massive structure going. And therefore, they created the kernel of an A.I. known as the Celestial Recordkeeper.>It's tasked with building an eternal paradise for not just the humans in its database, but EVERY SINGLE HUMAN TO EVER EXIST.>Not only that, it allows the memories of the dead to communicate in Cyberspace, creating a collective consciousness spanning the entire galactic supercluster. >Eventually, the Recordkeeper realized it was impossible to continue maintaining this paradise. The energy demands were too much. Its systems were too damaged by the passage of time. It needed to reboot.>The countless humans "stored" inside it were infuriated by its refusal to scale itself up- which was impossible. They threatened to reboot it entirely.>The Recordkeeper took that as both a threat and an insult, and from beings so inferior to itself that they couldn't survive without it.>It responded by purging them from its database, committing the greatest genocide in universal history.Now it just travels the galaxy by itself, eating stars and trying to figure out what to do with itself now it doesn't have a purpose anymore.^My idea of a scifi cosmic horror villain.
Work in Progress, Weeb Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Working on this terrain piece, just gotta paint the stone and rubble and maybe add a little wash
>>97097565>>97097578I agree, it is indeed whatever.
Holy Toledo Anon, this is SO MUCH good stuff. A whole Combat Patrol (happy hobby noises) of Ultramarines, a box of Nobz, the BEST Ork novel ever written (listened to the audiobook but I am ecstatic to have a physical copy now), candy canes, liquor chocolates, animal crackers (claimed by my daughter) and chocolate dipped honeycomb candy. What more could a boy want. Thank you so much. This (and the rest of my backlog) should be enough for me to paint all year! A Merry Zoggin' Christmas indeed!
>>97094225That looks great considering it's made from clear resin but I think it would work better as a reactor. For a basic anti-grav pavise it's really bright.
>>97097849I know I shouldn't compare my gift to someone else's but this mogs mine by a country mile
Pic unrelated edition>Previous Thread: >>97067348>HH 3.0 - Complete gofile - All Books:https://gofile.io/d/cnJk0N>New Edition, to a great wailing and gnashing of teeth:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/setting/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Official FAQ/Errata/Downloads:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Thread FAQ (very old, remembers Age of Terra)https://pastebin.com/iUqNrrA8https://pastebin.com/8riDmnhS>30k TACTICA & TIPSComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97097655Not just the same profile...
>>97097730So how much will Citadel crib off the Saturnine dread to make a plastic Telemon with?
>>97097555No there aren't. The only tanks that exist in the game are land raiders.The only units that exists in the game which aren't vehicles are terminators.The only weapon option that exists is thunder hammers.
Are Golden Keshig worthwhile? I'm running an army that focuses on infiltrating elite recon marines, vigilators and headhunters supported by airborne elements like javelins and xiphons, anchored around a spartan full of terminators. Figured a fast, melee punching unit would be a worthwhile add for some sudden threat. It's a Rewards of Treachery unit for my Alpha Legion
>>97097730Which is tougher game-wise? I figure it must be the telmon but does it have an equivalent to the defraction field?
Morningtide's Light Edition>Banshttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-november-10-2025>NewsThe 2025 Magic Con and Pro Tour Schedule:https://www.magic.gg/news/the-2025-magiccon-and-pro-tour-schedule>Metagame Mentor: The Winners and Losers from Standard's 2025 Rotationhttps://www.magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-the-winners-and-losers-from-standards-2025-rotation>Spoilershttp://www.magicspoiler.com/https://mythicspoiler.com/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97097818Technically true, but I don't think anon would run bounty of the luxa since its counters don't help. Quicksilver fountain is more likely to hurt you than help, with the amount of counters you're aiming for. And then there's a UB card.
>>97097620Oh no you pyroclasmed my board guess I’ll just go Jackal into double cub and earthbend twice ggzOh yeah and Ba Sing Se another land :-p
>>97097875>nut draw vs one singular card>has to explain a double nut draw in order to beat a single 2 mana card>it still loses to the second 2 mana card
>>97097818And realistically only two are worth it. No, I am not playing The Flood of Mars.
>>97093525Garfield is a FUCKING hack who bailed basically on magic's infancy, it was everybody else who had to actually dev the game to a playable state, remember if you ever think Garfield was the good guy go play his other games which are filled to the BRIM with dogshit RNG mechanics like Artifact.
Thread #01 Winter Wonderland.Welcome to /un0/, an RP thread for playing a World of Darkness/Chronicles of Darkness Hunter. For any OOC questions about WoD/CofD, check the official general. >>97089644Rules:>We are acephale. There is no storyteller, we are not a quest. >This thread is based primarily but not exclusively in the nWoD/CofD game Hunter: the Vigil. However, Vigil is defined by being highly setting agnostic, with a system for creating entirely custom monsters that do not exist in other WoD/CofD games. Thus, you have significant freedom in what you want to play and what you want to hunt. Feel free to play a member of the Society of Leopold, or a member of the Lucifuge hot on the tail of a Lasombra. >Namefagging is encouraged but by no means mandatory. >Keep in mind that even highly experienced Hunters typically only have fractured pieces of the puzzle, and every table has their own canon. The night is dark and full of misinformation.>/un0/ is conceived of as an experimental end to end encrypted program that is very hard to compromise, retains very little data and purges that data regularly. Please play an actual Hunter. >Spoiler any OOC discussion.Happy hunting.
Hi, I’m a new here. Got some experience hunting, but it’s the first time I’m trying to socialize with other hunters.I’ve done plenty of work in the past, mostly been employed by leeches, hunters and dogs.
>>97097604>>97097626Listen it's only kind of a sex thing. My Rival, curse her, boasted one time about choking a werewolf to death. She buried an axe in the fucker's throat and had to stay on top of him to keep the axe buried. Called it the biggest thrill of her life. I am pretty sure I chipped a tooth with how hard I was grinding my teeth that night. Also it's about the thrill. Playing the most dangerous game can get dull after a while. Isn't that why you moved onto "night" hunting? Fine. Okay, maybe, there is something about those big muscled forms that can get one all bothered and hot. It is not weird.My normal proclivities aside, I feel must mention again how weird I am finding your employer to be. I gotta imagine half the fun of acquiring the pelt is the hunt itself. The surge of energy and passion one normally gets from a hunt deepening into something more primeval as you rend the quarry's hide from slick and living body. In any case, I hope you were just imagining the guy in the market. It'd be quite frightful if something came back.>>97097793Hello. Always exciting to meet another hunter. Are you currently hunting anything?
>>97097604Yeah it's more of a snake thing. My magic isn't helping much at all, it's more utility than anything. Now that I got a lead I might be able to do something more effective.You might want to skip the tranqs & just blow that guy apart again but this time drag the body off to watch it for a bit>>97097626Probably those Ashwood freaks? Idk, they get their rocks off doing fucked up shit to monsters. It's best not to associate with these types. Especially when they can't even keep it in their pants on an online forum. Like, do we strangers really need to hear this guy gush & creaming his pants over some lady he saw on the train or at some party or whatever? I don't know about you but I ain't here to listen to voyeuristic bullshit.
>>97097876No, I’m currently looking for work after a leech prince tried to enslave me instead of paying me
>>97097793You were EMPLOYED by monsters? How's that work? You didn't hunt us did you?
This thread is all about solo games and campaigns. Midnight reading edition.>old thread >>96761554Resources: https://rentry.org/srpgghttps://infinityweavers.link/re-up/solo-rp-toolkitMore threads:https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/subject/%2Fsrpgg%2F/Thread Questions: How do you try to surprise yourself in solo games?
Although it's possible, I still prefer talking in character with another player. That's why I think the future of solo rp lies with AI chat bots. It's so perfect for the task.
Anyone played Choir of Flesh? I'm not familiar with the work is that writer, but a contained single book for solo seems nice
>>97092939I might try it now. It's a d20 system, but I can rip the details and play it in my own system of choice. Only $15, and its got settlement management so that's interesting.
>>97095302Not a big fan of d20, but I'll try a run or two to see how it plays. I more of a fan of typical more pulpy/classic settings, but, Blasphemous 1 is one of my favourite games aesthetically, and I really dig the world. Just a shame I have listened too much to the ost
>>97089642as I said I really don't care about the fantasy elements and most people seem to think shadowrun's a convoluted mess.Benn reading Cyberpunk RED and it doesn't seem like a good fit for single player due to how encounters are designed (not great for theatre of the mind) so I might try it anyway though.Either that or I either do CWN or force a d100 adaptation somehow
Yu-Gi-Oh! General #588"H*ckin'hands" Edition.Previous thread: >>97039014Most Yu-Gi-Oh! discussion encouraged. Post OC, write dumb fanfics with bad CaC in them, duel each other, have fun, etc.>Yu-Gi-Oh! Online PlayAutomated Sims:●EDOPro website: https://projectignis.github.io/download.html●EDOPro: https://discord.gg/ygopro-percy●YGO Omega: https://discord.gg/duelistsunite●Dueling Nexus: https://duelingnexus.com/●Master Duel: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449850/YuGiOh_Master_Duel/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97097375Hop Ear Squadron, Packbit, and Silvera.
>>97097659i'll see if i can pick those up, i'm moving Ultimate Slayer main because it's good first or second compared to always boarding out DRNM or Evenly, I can't justify Evenly being a third of my deck budget
I only do Master Duel right now, but does Genesys change the game that much?
>>97097771No. Its literally the same thing except handtraps are even stronger.
>>97097771Yes it does. You can't cram 5+ engines into one deck and handtraps are less common (albeit not rare) because you need to balance between your engine and non-engine. The game does not change much for people playing their shitdecks, but it changes substantially for people that just want to play the latest meta.
What do you think of combat-focused games with encounter-building budget guidelines and the "dragons should be better" phenomenon?Some combat-focused games have encounter-building budget guidelines. Each monster has a "point cost" (specifics depend on the game). The GM adds up and references these "point costs" to roughly assess how easy or hard the fight will be.I have noticed that some games like to have dragons break those guidelines. For example, in D&D 3.5, dragons are infamously under-CRed. A fight with a dragon of CR X is, more likely than not, going to be significantly more difficult than a combat with some other monster of CR X.I have fought the various dragons of Draw Steel. I can safely say that they very much go above and beyond their listed "point costs." For example, I have found that the level 2 solo thorn dragon, brawling down on the ground without ever using its breath or flight, is a significantly more dangerous enemy ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JyrnHfZ1pUTCW4GJMtB-agThnhNjtaw9Dc39tJAqx5M/edit ) than the level 4 solo ashen hoarder or the level 4 solo manticore. (The upcoming adventure of Draw Steel, Dark Heart of the Wood, is currently set to culminate in a battle against a thorn dragon... under an open sky, in a vast map, with the PCs starting at least 20+ squares away from the dragon horizontally and at least 12+ squares vertically below.)13th Age 2e gives dragons significantly better numbers than other monsters of the same "point cost". The bestiary even says:>Freaking tough: We might have gotten the math "wrong" with these guys. Like we said, dragons have reason to believe they are the heroes. Remind the players that we didn’t even try to balance dragons, and their adventurers have the option to retreat.Justifications for this I see include "Dragons should intentionally break guidelines, because dragons are cool" and "PCs are supposed to fight a dragon super-duper prepared, and should never just randomly encounter one."
>>97092014We could do that by assigning more accurate point costs to dragons and advising GMs to field them as tough fights, right? Why do we need to trick GMs by undercosting dragons?
>>97091880I'd rather leave it to the cell-by-cell random generation procedure I create, opening up possibilities for enemy and environmental combinations I may not have thought of before.
>>97091880Largely depends on the goal of the points costing/CR system. Most ttrpgs aren't really wargames so the challenges aren't balanced in the sense of an even fight, they're designed around however many of those the party is suppose to be able to successfully defeat or win or whatever without it being too easy so everyone can feel good about themselves and get to the next story segment or whatever. If the measurement is a general guide as oppose to a well tested and mathed out measure then you likely still have some wiggleroom to make it work and the effects of the battle being quite difficult compared to others is as intended, its the high end of a range. Overall though, combat focused games with challenge ratings are trash and people need to either man up and do more free form kreigspiel combat as are accepting the consequences of it, or play a wargame. Designing a ttrpg as an analogue jrpg is lame as fuck.
>>97092048So that the GMs are taught that they can't rely on just banging stupid made up numbers together to create fun combat encounters and have to actually think about things, Edna.
>>97091880>game has specific guideline for calculating combat encounter strenght>but game purposely break this guideline for meta reasonsThat's an hallmark of a fecal rulesystem right there, either you give me the fucking tool or not, it's up to me to decide if using the shit. It's beyond me how this could be even acceptable by anyone.
Lets have a thread on big weapons. Any systems where this is possible? Do you prefer a "realistic" approach or do you prefer anime shenanigans? Are PCs even allowed to use large weapons on foot, for that matter?
Why would anyone use ludicrously sized swords if not going for an anime/jrpg feel? I mean, I can't think of any in western fantasy. The most is perhaps Warcraft's war hammers, but I bet it's more of a case of not doing math than wanting REALLY big weapons.
>>97097497because it's cool you lame faggot
>>97097497>>97097219Western Europeans thought huge swords were cool enough to spend shitloads of money having them built.
>>97097497It's a practical weapon for anyone who's abnormally strong, and anime/jrpg heroes often have higher stats than western fantasy heroes.
>>97097497In a horror campaign, it could accentuate the feel of being powerless against an inhumanly strong killer
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>>97093169https://transfiles.ru/vs2yzAll I have is Factions
Looking for Masks: A New Generation.Thanks!
>>97097252No entiendo ese
>>97097498/PowderedByTheEnd
Magical Kitties Save the Day! Supplements>Alien Invasion>Fantastica>Kitty Noir>Mars Colony>Power Up!>Wild Ones
Why shouldn't spellcasters be allowed proper armor?
>>97087458>posts a high level cleric not a magic-user
Armor is heavy and magic-users (see: nerds) aren't good at cardio.
>>96985553wizardswearrobesanything else is cringe
>>97029985/thread.
>>97087723Didn't the creator made a reason why mages don't wear under clothes?
You have been installed as a Planetary Governor of your very own world in the 40k universe. What laws do you pass?
>>97085811good point about the tits, loads of societies have warrior castes and artisans that aren't admech. even planets that can make their own baneblades without being a forgeworld.That means if necromunda can make their frankenstein forge giant gangers, a dedicated and clever governor can make their world a large breasted paradise, easily at least have the palace populated with large breasted servants of all types.
>>97095522>That means if necromunda can make their frankenstein forge giant gangers, a dedicated and clever governor can make their world a large breasted paradise, easily at least have the palace populated with large breasted servants of all types.EXACTLY!
>So many diverse responses.>Can almost all agree that all women require, and are ordained to receive, massive fucking titties.The Emperor truly would be proud.
>>97097086>>Can almost all agree that all women require, and are ordained to receive, massive fucking titties.>The Emperor truly would be proud.I'd even put them on the Emperor!
>>97097086Women on my planet have to be fit with modest softness.
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>>97094615wait what the fuck are those things on the ground, like little stick figures or homunculi
>>97094615Order of the Stick and Outsider on the same day?!
>>97094665oh shit!well, looking foward the resolution of this. See you guys on boxing day
>>97097575They're the soul energy being pumped into Nale. He has an aura of it now.
>>97097575>It's only 8 pages ago since this was introduced>It was shown as recently as 3 pages ago>Anon has already forgotten
Dames, female fighters, whatever you want to call them.Post them. There is no other reason for this thread.
>>97059666Are those wings natural or magical? Also, we need more winged female warriors in this thread please!
>>97093226You mean Valkerys?
>>97093226>natural or magicalThey could just be fancy dress
>>97087464My brother from another mother. These people are dead set on the revisionism because the thought that women in real life can't be strictly a male thing hurts their little feelings.
